August Is Black Business Month -- and It Spotlights the Need to Develop Minority-Owned Suppliers
August 09, 2011 12:22 ET | The Boston Consulting Group
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - Aug 9, 2011) - August, which is National Black Business Month, is a good time for American businesses to confront the reality that supplier diversity should be a top...
Online Work Replacing Full-Time Employment
August 04, 2011 09:00 ET | oDesk
REDWOOD CITY, CA--(Marketwire - Aug 4, 2011) - The Great Recession has put many businesses into an evolve-or-die situation. Between a national 9.2 percent unemployment rate, increased difficulty...
GTDC PC Market Indices Reflect Continued Growth in U.S., Challenges in Europe
July 21, 2011 14:10 ET | Global Technology Distribution Council
ST. PETERSBURG, FL--(Marketwire - Jul 21, 2011) - The Global Technology Distribution Council's PC Market indices tracking the U.S. and Europe continue to show contrasting results in this key...
Are U.S. Corporations Flirting With Economic Suicide by Not Supporting and Helping to Develop Minority-Owned Businesses?
July 19, 2011 08:50 ET | The Boston Consulting Group
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Jul 19, 2011) - American businesses must make supplier diversity a strategic priority and stop viewing it as simply a corporate citizenship obligation, according to a...
Minority Business Success Essential to American Affluence and Competitiveness, but U.S. Is Woefully Unprepared for Major Demographic Shift, According to Boston Consulting Group Expert
July 06, 2011 08:50 ET | The Boston Consulting Group
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Jul 6, 2011) - Minorities will become the majority of the U.S. population by 2045. When they do, they will also become the majority of America's workforce, supply chains,...
Harvard PhD Economist Proposes Lessons for Financial Sector
June 30, 2011 12:21 ET | Author Rex Ghosh
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - Jun 30, 2011) - As the world closes in on the three-year mark of the beginning of the global financial crisis, one expert believes that it's not enough to rely on new...
U.S. Economy, Fuel Costs and Healthcare Top List of Executive Concerns Finds Saia Survey of Small to Medium Businesses
June 28, 2011 14:35 ET | Saia, Inc.
JOHNS CREEK, GA--(Marketwire - Jun 28, 2011) - Saia, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAIA) today announced the findings of the 2011National Trends in Smallto Medium-sized Businesses, a nationwide survey of U.S....
What Will Americans Do When the Oil Runs Out?
June 24, 2011 12:38 ET | Author Howard Johnson
JACKSONVILLE, FL--(Marketwire - Jun 24, 2011) - Time is running out on cheap petroleum fuels. Recent research states that we have little more than 40 years of steadily decreasing supplies of that...
Virtual Museum Exhibit Establishes International Impact Utilizing Social Networking Platforms
June 14, 2011 09:34 ET | International Museum of Women
Fact: "Young people are the drivers of economic development. Foregoing this potential is an economic waste and can undermine social stability. The impact of the crisis has not been gender...
The Liberator Fuel Saver Is Putting Cars Back on the Road This Summer
June 01, 2011 09:00 ET | Liberator Fuel Saver
KNOXVILLE, TN--(Marketwire - Jun 1, 2011) - With the cost of fuel soaring, Liberator Fuel Saver knows that consumers want to experience the highest fuel economy possible, especially when planning...